Freelance Writer
Location: GB, , 
Department: Voxburner
Employment type: Contract
Required experience: Associate
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Function: Writing/Editing

Company profile:
The Beans Group is a media company that exists to empower young people to thrive.  We have been on an exponential growth spurt since our inception as #URL_8d1ca4faf2d2518ce9ec21b3fbe5c63e4b47f383d6bb1f0a681ff6cc801b4550# in 2005 and in 2013 we won Digital Business of the Year. The Beans Group owns two brands: Student Beans, our youth media brand, strives to make life a little more awesome; and Voxburner, our youth insights consultancy, helps young people to be understood.We have created a business we are passionate about and really proud of. To continue to grow we need brilliant people who inspire and deliver change all around them - that's why we're looking for talented, ambitious and creative folks to come and join us.

Job description:
Fast-moving Youth Insights Media Company seeks ideas-driven, awesome Freelance Writers to produce quality articles for a global audience of marketing professionals.The CompanyThe Beans Group is a media company that exists to empower young people to thrive.  We have been on an exponential growth spurt since our inception as #URL_8d1ca4faf2d2518ce9ec21b3fbe5c63e4b47f383d6bb1f0a681ff6cc801b4550# in 2005 and in 2013 we won Digital Business of the Year. The Beans Group owns two brands: Student Beans, our youth media brand, strives to make life a little more awesome; and Voxburner, our youth insights consultancy, helps young people to be understood.The RoleAs Voxburner extends its reputation as the experts on young consumers, this is an opportunity to be crucially involved in the expansion of #URL_a3de2dc9b43db0430eeb24a530ff6de8e9e1a2f45aacb12d519e9d13a654a254# to become a globally-recognised daily resource for marketing professionals.Working with our Editor on website content, you’ll be producing business articles about young people and their behaviours, attitudes and trends.Writing to a high standard and in a clear, engaging voice, you will research and develop new stories each week that help businesses shape their strategy, develop better products and improve communications.You’ll use a content management system to publish and photo editing tools to prepare content. Contributing plenty of ideas is expected, and you’ll develop strong relationships with our Voxburner Academy of 16-24s who feature in content.

Requirements:
A portfolio of strong writing for recognised publications or agencies, ideally for a business audience (if not with evidence of good understanding of business)Genuine interest in young people, youth culture and trendsSubject specialisms such as digital marketing, advertising, entertainment, technology, consumer psychology, culture or mediaGood sense of story/angle and understanding of digital journalism environmentContacts and sourcesStickler for quality, accuracy and originality. 

Benefits:
**Recruitment AgenciesIf you want to work with us on this role, please take a look at our instructions here. We do not work with agencies in any capacity other than this and do not take sales calls under any circumstances. If you ignore these simple guidelines, we can't work with you. They'll tell you everything you need to know.